New York: Civic Responsibility

New York's Mayor John Lindsay is beset by
Republican conservatives in tent on denying him G.O.P. renomination
this week, and by middle-class voters discontented over late garbage
trucks, rising rents and the high crime rate. He has somehow managed to
endure a campaign of catcalls and criticism. It was obviously the last
straw when a radio chatter host named Barry Gray, awaiting Lindsay's
overdue appearance on his nighttime show, began berating him in
absentia for city ills ranging from street violence to pavement
potholes.